Anecdotal, but I think I mentioned our kids were adopted. We adopted through the State, and underwent 6 months of training before being approved. The stories

Anecdotal, but I think I mentioned our kids were adopted. We adopted through the State, and underwent 6 months of training before being approved. The stories of abuse and neglect were hair raising, and our kids had their own fair share before they came to us. CPS exists as an alternative to cops doing this kind of work. When done right, they are compassionate and understand how to deal with kids in a variety of sm high stress situations. They do evaluations. They take kids out of homes safely. They do transport to foster care or elsewhere. They evaluate potential adoptive families. When all done right. We know some fabulous workers doing incredibly hard work here. We also know it’s easy to abuse the system, and they could use a lot more checks and balances.